Configure Local Storage and Filesystems in Linux

Join Shawn Powers as he covers hard drive partitions, logical volumes, LVM (Logical Volume Manager), and more.

Learn how to create and mount filesystems, how to work with encrypted filesystems and partitions, and how to automatically mount various types of filesystems during the boot process. Gain an understanding of SUID, SGID, Sticky Bits, and ACLs.

Recommended Equipment:

• Virtualization software capable of snapshots (VMware, VirtualBox, etc)

Related Job Functions:

• System Administrator
• Network Administrator
• Computer Technician

Shawn Powers has been a CBT Nuggets trainer since 2009 and his areas of expertise include Linux and Chef technologies. He's earned LPIC-1 and CompTIA Linux+ certifications, and is an associate editor for Linux Journal.